Chris asked me to join him and his family for Christmas this year! At first i wasn't sure because i needed to find a job (and still do!) and i needed to unpack and any number of other things but then i realized that it was more important for me to really get to know Chris and his family before we tie the knot... Which, by the way, will happen on Feb 21, 2009! (announcements are coming soon so if i don't have an address for you you had better get me one quick!)
Chris and i picked up his sisters, Amie and Ginger, in Boise on the way to Umatilla, Oregon. The road trip out there was uneventful but still wonderful... the roads were a bit icy at the beginning but that cleared up and it was pretty much smooth sailing the rest of the way there.
We went shopping, sledding, snow shoveling, and played games. The toasts on Christmas Eve were AMAZING! i laughed so hard that i was crying and Chris' younger brother, Nick, started turning purple... it was a blast:)
Chris' birthday was Christmas day (yes, i mean December 25th) and so Trevor (one of Chris' brothers) and i made him a surprise birthday cake and had a sort of separate little party for him. He made out like a bandit!
On Christmas Day, we all got to talk to Calvin, even me. Calvin is Chris' first younger brother and he is serving a mission with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Barcelona, Spain. He only gets to call home on Christmas and Mother's Day (it helps to keep them focused on the work) so it was a pretty special occasion. I can't wait to meet him when he comes home.
All in all, the visit with his family was worth it. I loved every minute of it and i wouldn't trade it for the world. I love Chris' family. They are just as weird as my own and we get a long really well.
The trip back to Idaho was far more thrilling (and twice as long) as the trip to Oregon was. We left Umatilla, Oregon on a bright and sunny, almost 60 degrees day. By the time we hit Pendelton (which is about 45 min away) the snow and winds had started. The highways were closed all the way to La Grande and we heard that the roads were clear after that point. So we took a back way and by the time that we got there, all of the roads were closed out of La Grande. Chris, his sisters and i were stranded. We checked out the local motels and found the least flea infested one of the bunch and then we made s'mores, played some of the board games that we got for christmas and watched the movie Horton Hears a Who.
The next morning the roads were clear and we all made it home safely.
It has been one of the best weeks of my entire life!
keep an eye open for the invitations... i'll post them here so that every one who wants to see can... and have a HAPPY NEW YEARS!
Monday, December 29, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
I'M ENGAGED!!!!
On Friday, December 5th, 2008, Chris asked me to marry him!
We were in the mountains in Pocatello, Idaho picking out a Christmas tree...
He scouted ahead for the tree and placed the ring on a couple of branches and then when we hiked up to cut it down, he got down on one knee (in the snow!) and asked me to be his wife.
It was getting dark so there aren't many pictures but here's what i got!keep your eyes open for the engagement photos!
*ps... i didn't take the photos of Chris and i
but i did take the photo of my ring...
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